IMPEACHMENT! Cheney must go down!

[doubles]

If the media lets this slide, we are no longer a democracy, time to seek asylum somewhere!

Cheney coordinated Halliburton Iraq contract: report

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&ncid=1503&e=2&u=/afp/20040530/ts_afp/us_iraq_halliburton_040530173749

[kalian]

1. NOTICE where the email came from: the PENTAGON!

I have a feeling that a counter coup is happening and its coming
from the military.... :wow:

On edit:

Feith, Wolfowitz and Cheney, along with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Cheney's Chief of Staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby, form the core of Bush administration "hawks" who pushed for the war in Iraq. :wow: :wow:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

5. It's been ongoing for a few months. Consider the following facts....

1. Someone in the Army managed to slip the torture pics and videos past the Army censors;

2. The DIA dropped the "Chalabi bomb";

3. Several senior officers have been quoted in the mainstream media strongly stating that Rummy and his staff need to be fired;

4. Information counter to that being pushed by the Pentagon civilian "leadership" continues to leak out to the mainstream press from the various branches of the military.

[doni_georgia]

11. My husband said the other day if * was to cancel elections - look for a

military coup.

[salinen]

2. Yes

Halliburton, sitting at the secret energy meeting, insisted that they needed a war to boost profit. "Hey Dicky, no competing contractors eh"?

[Norquist Nemesis]

17. No

The war was already a done deal. Cheney was just getting together and giving a little help to his friends so they could get in on the action too.

[Eric J in MN]

3. Hallliburton is getting a billion per month of our money (nt)

nt

[doni_georgia]

12. Haliburton gets richer while education, health, and national security are

being cut and there are plans to cut more.

[Blue_Roses]

4. this is just the tip of the iceberg

I'm sure there's more to come.

[lanparty]

9. If Kerry is elected ...

... and he has the balls to investigate, NONE of the Bush staffers will EVER work in government again. We can bring down the ENTIRE Neo-con infrastructure with a special prosecutor.

[Must_B_Free]

6. Look out below!

[Shopaholic]

7. Let's see how long it takes the networks to report this. . .

How much do you want to bet this story gets buried?

[pinto]

15. Zinni's not "making the 'rounds" to sell a book, believe me. Hang in there

[PaDUer]

26. Start contacting the media now...

put the pressure on.

[calimary]

30. This might help...

PLEASE NOTE MY SIG LINE – TO CALL YOUR REPS, TOLL FREE!!!

OR, TRY (877) – 762 – 8762. It’ll get you there, too! (Thank you, DUer redqueen!)


Please note, here, The World's Greatest Lists of Media Contacts – updated May 5, 2004– in the following thread:

LINK:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1533796#


IF THEY THINK WE DON’T CARE, THEY WON’T, EITHER!

[Vickers]

8. You can bet they are scouring the company payroll for "VP" initials

"No, VP doesn't stand for Vice President...that's crazy! No, VP stands for Vincent Parker over in Logistics!"

[proud patriot]

10. Be sure to Rate the article

:hi:

[Disturbed]

14. Cheney's Secret Energy Meetings

The Supreme Court is in the process of making a ruling on this.

Scalia has refused to recuse himself. Democrats in Congress need to develope spines and demand that Scalia recuse himself. The secret meeting have to be unclassified!

[Wapsie B]

20. Not only recuse himself

but to step down from the Supreme Court. We should demand nothing less.

[MoonRiver]

27. Thanks for the reminder!!! I went back and rated it!

I love DU! :grouphug:

[doni_georgia]

13. Foreign press is running with this story - let's see how long it takes the

US media. Of course this story came out on a Sunday before a holiday - like all big stories in this administration come out on weekends and holidays.

[pinto]

16. see posts 1, 4, 5 & 15...

Takes a while for the tide to turn, but it turns.

[natrat]

19. if i were in the military

i'd be so pissed that these f*ckers are getting obscenely rich while troops are suffering. I hope we get leaders someday who care more about others than themselves.

[doni_georgia]

18. Time is covering the story

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040607-644111,00.html

Sunday, May. 30, 2004
Vice President Dick Cheney was a guest on NBC's Meet the Press last September when host Tim Russert brought up Halliburton. Citing the company's role in rebuilding Iraq as well as Cheney's prior service as Halliburton's CEO, Russert asked, "Were you involved in any way in the awarding of those contracts?" Cheney's reply: "Of course not, Tim ... And as Vice President, I have absolutely no influence of, involvement of, knowledge of in any way, shape or form of contracts led by the Corps of Engineers or anybody else in the Federal Government."

Cheney's relationship with Halliburton has been nothing but trouble since he left the company in 2000. Both he and the company say they have no ongoing connections. But TIME has obtained an internal Pentagon e-mail sent by an Army Corps of Engineers official—whose name was blacked out by the Pentagon—that raises questions about Cheney's arm's-length policy toward his old employer. Dated March 5, 2003, the e-mail says "action" on a multibillion-dollar Halliburton contract was "coordinated" with Cheney's office. The e-mail says Douglas Feith, a high-ranking Pentagon hawk, got the "authority to execute RIO," or Restore Iraqi Oil, from his boss, who is Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. RIO is one of several large contracts the U.S. awarded to Halliburton last year.
more . . .

[Only Me]

23. Thanks for the Link. I hope this gets a lot more coverage. n/t

[doni_georgia]

24. Just got google update - Forbes and Reuters now carrying the story

http://www.forbes.com/home/newswire/2004/05/30/rtr1389510.html

[doubles]

31. OK, we're getting there.....

[Jose Diablo]

21. If *Bush goes before the election

Cheney MUST go down first, to get a different VP before *Bush has a visit from a couple repub senators giving him the news and offering a way to save face.

[drdigi420]

22. Anyone who believed Cheney had svered his ties to Halliburton

Probably believes in trickle down economics, a magic man in the sky, and that the drug war does anything to even slow down drug use.

In other words, they have their head up their ass.

[RedEagle]

25. Kick

[are_we_united_yet]

28. CNN has mentioned it

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/30/cheney.halliburton/index.html

[Kool Kitty]

29. Yep, they mentioned it at the top of the hour news brief

or update or whatever they call it. The newsmodel said that the administration denies the story. Of course.

[MAlibdem]

32. keep cheney...

let him lose in november with bush...he is generally disliked and distrusted, so keeping him on the ticket instead of someone respected or liked would be good

[spanone]

33. Big Ol' Kick!!!!